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Red Branch [Mass Market Paperback]

Morgan Llywelyn (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)


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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Ivy Books (1990)
  • ASIN: B000X1TFU2
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,656,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bored, dull life, THEN Read this...., March 8, 1998
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I have not read a book yet that Morgan Llywelyn has not done an outstanding job on, but when it comes to a real bardic piece of literature combined with the legends of the past, Red Branch excels. I have read the stories in other places, such as The Story of the Irish Race by Seumas MacManus, and passed over them as just another piece of literature. When I read the Red Branch it was transformed into a vibrant, living, pulsating story that wrenched emotion after emotion from the core of your being. It took Setanta, as a boy, and gave his passage into manhood a glorious path, that only when young would you feel so invulnerable, all for the sake of a short but long rembered life. Written for her son, I think she far exceeded anything she has done to date, in his honor.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars strands of the Ulster cycle woven together seamlessly, January 7, 2006
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This book weaves together the many stories that comprise the life of Cuchulain and the other warriors of the Red Branch. Llywelyn, as usual, shows great skill in telling this story, as well as injecting the book with a feel of what Ireland was like during this long ago time.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hound of Ulster Rocks!, October 24, 2004
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I absolutely loved this book. Before picking it up I knew absolutely nothing about the story of Cuchulain, the legendary Hound of Ulster. I found myself enthralled by the story, the characters, the myth, and the setting of this novel from page one. This was the second of Ms. Llywelyn's novels that I'd read -- Lion of Ireland being the first -- and I think it's ranks as one of her best. By the end of the novel, even though you know that it cannot end well, you've become invested in the characters and it's sad when it finally ends. The novel has a lot to say about love and war, what motivates men (and women), and a curious historical tie-in to the modern troubles of Ireland. A great read for anyone interested in ancient Ireland's legendary past.
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Red Branch, Emain Macha, Dun Dalgan, Hound of Ulster, Gae Bulga, House of the King, Conall Ceamach, Brown Bull, Speckled House, Leary Buadach, Forgall the Wily, Donn Cooley, Gray of Macha, Black of Sainglain, Cormac Connlongas, Conall Cearnach, Sorrowful Forest, Tuatha de Danann, Beetle of Ulster, Fern Mag, Bricriu Bitter-Tongue, Cruachan of the Enchantments, Macha Fleet-Foot, Champion's Portion, Slieve Fuad
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